Degrees: Ph.D. in Biology with specializations in Physiology and Biochemistry, Illinois Institute of Technology

Expertise: Physiology, Endocrinology, Neuroscience

Research Interests

My major research interest is in the area of neuroscience. One thrust of the research is to examine circadian rhythms and the disruption of these rhythms in jet lag and shift work. Biotelemetry is the technique employed in our laboratory to monitor physiological and behavioral circadian rhythms in unrestrained, conscious animals. A second area of research interest concerns pathological states associated with addiction in rats. The study of the modulatory effects of the hormone, vasopressin, on physiological, biochemical, and behavioral processes in the mammalian organism is a third focus of my ongoing research. An experimental animal that is utilized to study these parameters is a rat genetically deficient in vasopressin (Brattleboro rat).